Drawers



(No Model.)

L. L. BERTONNEAU.

DRAWBRS.

Patented MaLZO, 1888.

UNITED; *raras LOUIS LEOVILLE BERTONNEAU, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

DRAWERS.

SPECIFICATION forming pari; of Letters Patent No. 379,558, dated March 20, 1888.

Application filed June 30, 1857. Serial No. 243.018. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, LoUIs LEOVILLE BER- TONNEAU, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Drawers,of which the following is a full and exact descriptiomreference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

Thisinventiou relates` to certain improve ments in under-garments of various descrip` tions; and it has for its objects to strengthen or re en force the same at the angle of the opening of the ankle or wrist portions of said garment4 and at other points which have heretofore been re enforced by gussets,so as to lessen the liability to rip or tear at such points, aud thus render the garment much more durable.

lliesc objects l attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fignre l. represents a front elevation of a pair of drawe1s,showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents aview of thelower part of one of the legs ofthe drawers or ankle portion of the same in perspective, showing my invention; and Fig. 3 shows a detached view of one of the leg-patterns before being made up, showing the parts which form the re enforce.

Referring to the drawings, the letter A indicat-es apair of drawers, the upper portions of which are cut in the usual manner and the parts of which are sewed together, as usual. The lower or ankle portion, however, of each leg pattern or part is so cut as to leave a flap, a, at one side and integral therewith, and the material on a line with the edge of said part is slit to a point midway between the upper and lower ends of said fiap, as indicated by the letter c, Fig. 3, of the drawings. The p0rtion ofthe iap above the slit is then turned down, asindicated by theletter d, Fig. 3, and its outer edge, g, turned under and stitched to the edge h of the leg, as indicated in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings. The lower portion ofthe flap is also turned under at its edge and stitched to the leg just inside the edge b, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

The letter B indicates the ankleband of the drawers, which extends around the lower edge ofthe leg and up along the edge h to a point, i, abovethe re-enforced point, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the edges of said band being turned under prior to stitching, as usual, to

prevent said edges from fraying and pulling Thei mproved drawers herein described, hav' ing legs provided with slits re-en forced with integral liaps that are partially separated from the main part ot' the legs, the said liaps folded, as described, and the folded portions stitched to opposite edges of the legs,so as to re-enforce the slit, as set forth, in combination with the bands stitched ar^und the bottom of the legs and along one edge of the slit to a point above the angle thereof, substantially as set forth.

VIn testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS LEOVILLE BERTONNEAU.

Vitnesses:

G. LEHMANN, I. Levi. 

